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The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission on April 14, 1981.

 
Photo Number: ED06-0045-5
Photo Date: April 14, 1981
 
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Description:
The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission on April 14, 1981. Technicians towed the Shuttle back to the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center for post-flight processing and preparation for a return ferry flight atop a modified 747 to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (JSC photo # S81-30749)
 
Project
Description:
Space Shuttle STS-1
 
NASA Photo by: NASA JSC
 
Keywords: Space Shuttle, Columbia, STS-1, landing, April, 14, 1981, lakebed, Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards Air Force Base, first orbital mission
 


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